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Building strong families and emotionally healthy children and adults through Theraplay training, treatment, advocacy, and research


The Theraplay® Institute is an international not-for-profit organization with headquarters in the Chicago area. Each year we train hundreds of mental health professionals around the world in the Theraplay method.  We set and maintain standards for Theraplay treatment, and through ownership of the service mark "Theraplay®", insure that children being treated by a Theraplay therapist are receiving only high-quality care incorporating genuine Theraplay techniques.  For more information click here.


Now Available!



An Introduction to Theraplay 
(Color, Multi-DVD Set)  (2009)

Click Here to access the CE Exam (4 hours)!
Reactive Attachment Disorder and Play Therapy
 

Theraplay: Helping Parents and
Children Build Better Relationships
 Through Attachment Based Play,
 Third Edition  (2010)






adoption-related issues


Click here for a slide show from our recent book signing and
Jernberg Award party.



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Please contribute to our training scholarship program with your donation in any amount. Select this link or send your donation to the address below.  Thank you.


5th INTERNATIONAL THERAPLAY CONFERENCE
July 14-15, 2011
Chicago, Illinois

Featuring keynote speakers Dr. Susan Hart, author of Brain, Attachment, Personality, and  Dr. Pat Ogden from the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute!

See Slide Show from the 4th Theraplay International Conference

Introductory Theraplay & MIM

Sheffield, UK       July 26-30, 2010 WAIT LIST!
Helena, MT         August 10-13, 2010 WAIT LIST!
Ignacio, CO        August 23-26, 2010
Peoria, IL           September 13-16, 2010
Bedfordshire, UK September 27-30, 2010 (contact us)
Birmingham, AL  September 27-30, 2010  WAIT LIST!
Denmark            October 11-15, 2010: www.theraplay.dk WAIT LIST!
Worcester, UK    October 25-28, 2010 (contact us)
Sacramento, CA October 26-29, 2010
Capetown, SA     November 2-5, 2010 (contact us)
Chicago, IL         November 9-12, 2010
Chicago, IL         January 13-14 AND January 27-28, 2011
Birmingham, UK  February 14-17, 2011 (Contact us)
Chicago, IL         March 15-18, 2011
Blacksburg, VA  March 29-April 1, 2011
Netherlands        April 12-15, 2011 (contact us)

For further details, on-line registration, and a complete listing of upcoming training, please visit our Training Schedule.

New!  Translations now available  (.pdf)

Theraplay Approach
Theraplay Treatment

Basic Assumptions of Theraplay
Family Theraplay
                      Overview of Theraplay Helping Parents and Children


The Theraplay Institute has partnered with the Play Therapy Certificate Program at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas, to offer certification track Introductory Theraplay & MIM training for students enrolled in this program.  The course will be taught by a certified Theraplay trainer, and graduates will be entered into our database and eligible to enter the Theraplay supervision practicum.

The program at MNU, is one of six recognized and approved by the Association for Play Therapy.  Students in the program already hold a masters degree and licensing in a mental health field.  For more information:  www.mnu.edu/playtherapy.

Supervision
  Chicago Supervision Groups now being offered.  For details, click here*.
  Theraplay Practitioner Levels 1 and 2 status now offered. For details, click here*.

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